The morning in early December was a bit cold. Bennett Castle was very busy today. After getting up in the morning, the servants were busy cleaning the carriage. The two horses pulling the carriage were also fed soybeans and hung sky blue robes on the horses. Decorative pendant. The attendants repaired their weapons and cleaned their leather armor and boots. Knight Bennett's horse was also carefully groomed by them and replaced with a gorgeous saddle.
When Abel and his servants carried his box out of the room, a noble guard of honor consisting of 6 spearmen and a not gorgeous but very clean carriage were already waiting in front of the castle.
The pikemen wear uniform sky blue cloth armor, half-high leather boots on their feet, and a sky blue cloth cap on their heads. They hold a three-meter long spear. Only the three-meter long spear is the real military equipment. The rest of the supplies were made by the castle tailor. The cloth armor could at most make it easier for the servant who was hit by an arrow to take the arrow out of his body, but it could not hold the arrow in place, let alone the cloth hat to protect him from the cold. There were two flags hanging from the spear tips of the two spearmen standing at the front. The patterns on them were exactly the thorn shield pattern of the Bennett family.
The carriage did not have too many decorations, except that the curtains and door curtains were changed to sky blue. Sky blue is the main color of the thorn shield coat of arms, so on formal occasions, the decoration of everyone in the castle is mainly sky blue.
While Abel was loading the boxes onto the carriage, his father, Knight Bennett, came out of the castle on a war horse, followed by his mother, Nora, whose eyes were filled with tears. The eldest brother was supporting her mother.
Knight Bennett looked very solemn. The shining silver-white armor on his body reflected cold light under the sunlight. There was no helmet on his head. The helmet, shield and sword were all hung on the saddle. On the side, the hair is simply tied into a ponytail shape. The cold wind blows, and the hair keeps dancing with the cold wind.
The shield hanging on the outermost part of the saddle has a sky-blue shield of thorns covering the entire shield, which contrasts with the sky-blue sword scabbard.
Mother didn't speak, as if she had finished what she said last night. She just looked at Abel like she was looking at the most beautiful treasure in the world.
The eldest brother Zach knew that one day Abel would leave the castle. This was a tradition and no one would violate it, so he usually cared about and loved his only younger brother, but he did not expect that this day would come so early. Zach walked up to Abel and held Abel in his arms with such strength that even Abel, who was in the same realm as him, felt the pressure.
"Remember to come back when you are free. This is your home." The eldest brother, who usually talks a lot, didn't say much at the moment, but this affectionate sentence almost made Abel's already peaceful heart almost lose control.
The sunshine in the winter morning did not make people feel warm, and the wind was a bit strong. The flags with the family thorn shield pattern in the team were blown loudly. Abel did not get into the carriage, but rode the horse that was almost three years old. The old horseman followed in the middle of the team. The iron-lined leather armor given by his father was too big. Now he was wearing a cowhide armor lined with wool, and he carried a light long sword on his back. The weight of this sword is actually too light for him, and this gift from his father is not very practical for him who is already at level four.
Abel looked back at his mother Nora, who was still watching the convoy leave in front of the castle, and Zach, who was supporting her, and immediately turned his head again. He was afraid that if he looked back again, tears would fall uncontrollably.
There were not many people in the convoy when they left. Because they had to leave some attendants and guards, they only took 6 pikemen, one coachman, plus Knight Bennett and Abel, a total of 9 people. Last time, they were with Abel. Norman, the squire who went to Fort Lee, had to stay to protect the castle after Knight Bennett left the castle. As the second master in the territory, he wanted to stay.
What should be explained here is that as the lowest level of nobles, knights are not qualified for anyone to be a knight's attendant. Loyalty, reliability, strong force, and low status are all important conditions.
Like Norman in the Bennett family, he followed the knights to fight bravely from the battlefield. After his loyalty was recognized by the knights, he found out the secrets of warriors from the family inheritance and taught them to him, making him a formal warrior. , and upgraded his status from an ordinary guard to a knight's attendant with a status higher than that of ordinary civilians.
Many wandering knights want to find an opportunity to become a knight's attendant of a fief knight. From this, you can see the identity of the knight's attendant. You must know that after the knight's attendant pays his loyalty, the knight must be responsible for all the expenses of the knight, including Weapons, armor, and the placement of the squire's family, so both the squire and the knight must be careful and prudent about recruiting a squire. Maybe in the next battle, this squire will save you or harm you. you.
The convoy marched for a full six hours. Except for a half-hour break at noon, the convoy kept moving. No one bothered a noble convoy led by a knight without opening their eyes along the way. Even those beasts would do it. He felt that Knight Bennett was like a dormant active volcano, ready to erupt with destructive emotions at any time, bypassing the convoy.
This is the farthest Abel has ever been from home. Whether it is the 11 years in his memory or the nearly 2 years since he came to this world, because it is winter, the scenery on the road is not attractive, with only some evergreen plants. Dotted on the gray land.
Fortunately, it didn't snow. Although these dirt roads were a bit dusty for people and horses to walk on, they were much better than the mud after rain or snow. Abel heard that the roads in those prosperous areas were covered with large chunks of ground. It was paved with rocks, which reminded him of concrete roads on Earth.
Abel thought that if cement was made, these roads could become as hard as those paved with rocks. Patting his head, he told himself in his mind not to think about those inventions and creations anymore. Without strength, it would harm himself and the family, just like the castle water diversion system that was shelved by Knight Bennett.
As a modern-educated person, Abel clearly felt that his thinking was much more active than that of the boy in his memory, and even more active than when he was on Earth. This was also the reason why he mastered the skills of knights so fast, not only It was knightly skills, and other noble etiquette and cultural knowledge that he could easily learn and remember. Sometimes he couldn't help but wonder if this was the physical benefit brought about by his time travel.
The road ahead changed from a dirt road to a gravel road, and the road surface became much smoother. Knight Bennett turned around and pointed to the road in front of him and said to Abel: "This is the characteristic of Knight Marshall. He especially wants to save face. He demands everything." They are all the best. If it weren't for the fact that this is a plain and there are no mountains to mine boulders, then he would make this road a boulder road. "
Looking at the polished and gleaming armor of his father, Knight Bennett, as well as the sky-blue decorations specially prepared for today, as well as the brand-new equipment of the pikemen, Abel wanted to say something, father, if you If he had money, he would definitely be more respectable than Marshall Knight.